November 2007

Features

Cover Story

	Department Profile
	Bringing It All Together
	by Dana Hinesly
	A look inside the VA and at those who care for the equipment at the nation's largest integrated health care system

	Medical Device Incidents
	by Carol Daus
	The reality is that all medical devices operate with some degree of risk, and the biomed's role is to be aware of the related factors


	Live Wire
	by Dana Hinesly
	Testing for and managing leakage current


	Service Solutions
	New Dimensions: 3D/4D Ultrasound
	by Renee DiIulio

Departments

	Up Front
	Virtually Speaking
	by Julie Kirst


	CCE Prep
	The Joint Commission Accreditation Process
	by Arif Subhan, MS, CCE


	Networking
	System Crashes: A Case Report
	by Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD; Patricia Volpe, BSBE, MBA; and James Noga, BS, MS


	Industry Insider
	Masimo Corp
	by Judy O'Rourke


	Tools of the Trade
	Enclosure power distribution units, integrated switchboard, secondary reference temperature sensor, autoclavable temperature probe


	Focus On
	Recruitment


	Soapbox
	Proud to Be a CE Professional
	by Binseng Wang, ScD, CCE, FAIMBE, FACCE